If you’ve heard anything about Japan, you’ve probably heard about Harajuku, the Tokyo fashion hub for anything cute and zany. Characterized by bright colors and kawaii characters, like singer Kyary ...

The Kawaii Monster Cafe in Harajuku, which has been an icon of Japanese kawaii culture since opening in August of 2015, has just launched their “Spring Lunch Fair” campaign. The new items on their ...

Picture a plate resembling a white palette with paint-looking blobs of red, yellow and blue tossed around a multi-colored pile of thick rubber-like strings sitting in the center. It’s hard to imagine ...

Harajuku’s renowned entertainment restaurant Kawaii Monster Café was one of Tokyo’s most popular attractions before it closed permanently in 2021. The overwhelmingly cutesy space featured an explosion ...

Sebastian Masuda, “Colorful Rebellion” at Kianga Ellis Projects (all photographs by the author for Hyperallergic) Plastic toys, bundles of fake fur, stuffed animals, and other accoutrements of ...

Harajuku just keeps getting cuter. Opened at a prominent location on Takeshita Dori in autumn 2013, this mini-mall for kawaii-obsessed teens boasts in-store art designed by Sebastian Masuda, the ...

New from Monster is a range of Harajuku Lovers in-ear noise-isolating headphones, part of singer Gwen Stefani's designer line based around her four Japanese backing dancers, and possibly just the ...

Catch the last day of Harajuku Kawaii!! Today's the last day of the annual Harajuku Kawaii!! festival, which, now in its sixth iteration, has long outgrown its original venues and spread across event ...